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आलोपक (Alopaka)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
-ālopaka, m. or nt. (from prec. plus suffix ka), in ekālop° and saptālop°, the practice of eating only (one, or seven) mouthful(s) of almsfood: LV 〔248.21, 22〕, ekālopakair, and saptālopakaiḥ
so read for °lāp° of both edd., no v.l.
cf. Pali ekālopika, sattālopika, DN 〔i.166.11〕 and 12, one who adheres to these respective practices. Confirmed by Tib. kham.